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Per Sam Wyche of nfl.com


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"The Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks have extended contract offers to Chargers restricted free-agent QB Charlie Whitehurst, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Whitehurst, San Diego’s No. 3 quarterback behind Philip Rivers and Billy Volek, will make a decision on which offer sheet to sign within the next 48 hours, according to the source.

Once Whitehurst signs a contract, San Diego has seven days to match the offer. If the Chargers decline, the team that he signs with would owe San Diego a third-round pick (the restricted tender the Chargers placed on Whitehurst) unless other terms could be negotiated. Seattle currently doesn’t have a third-round selection in the 2010 draft because it traded it to Philadelphia last year in order to move up in the draft and select WR Deon Butler. However, Seattle has discussed other forms of compensation that have met guidelines approved by San Diego.

The fact that the Cardinals and the Seahawks have extended offers to the fourth-year veteran who has yet to throw an NFL pass means, at the very least, that they plan to add depth behind Matt Leinart and Matt Hasselbeck, respectively. It is more likely that Whitehurst could get an opportunity to compete with both quarterbacks, who aren’t locks to start for their teams in 2010."

 

 I wonder how much they are offering and if this goes thru do they see him as a QB of the future, removing the need to draft a QB at 1.6.  I also wonder what they offered instead of a third round pick?  I had been talking with friends this week saying that if they believed in this guy maybe they would swap picks with SD at 14 in exchange for Whitehurst.

What do you think?

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I think I want to know what the compensation is.

I don’t have a problem with the guy himself. I just want to know what we’re offering to “pay” for him.

by Chirp on Mar 14, 2010 10:58 AM PDT reply actions  

Fuck

As a person who lives not far from Clemson, and got way too many opportunities to watch Whitehurst underachieve, I cannot help but feel sick to my stomach.

Whitehurst is simply Derek Anderson without game experience.

If I’m wrong, I’ll own up to it. However, I cannot hope and pray he chooses AZ.

It is what it is...

by kidder95 on Mar 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm a fan of Seattle

So I’ll be all in if he chooses Seattle.

I have many friends that are graduates of Clemson, and Whitehurst infuriated the fan base. He is 2006 version of Jevan Snead to me. Has all the tools, but never was able to rise to that talent when it mattered.

It is what it is...

by kidder95 on Mar 14, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not to be dismissive, but I don't give a lot of stock to what fans of a team think about their quarterback.

It’s not like Whitehurst had any pro around him. I checked, I found Chansi Stuckey and Dustin Fry. The quarterback is the designated lightning rod whenever things go sour, but he was pretty successful on some pretty bad teams.

by John Morgan on Mar 14, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the research

Typically, I’m reactionary. At the very least, Seattle makes the day more interesting.

It is what it is...

by kidder95 on Mar 14, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm a fan too and I've seen him play in a lot of pretend games

Don’t put any weight into Whitehurst not “beating out” Volek for the backup job. Volek might be the best backup in the league and Whitehurst was never given a real chance for 2nd string.

by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anderson earned that 50.1 his senior year

on a pretty easy schedule too – and the years before that he had Stephen Jackson to help stack people in the box.

Give me an offensive line or give me death!

by Generzal Zod on Mar 15, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Shaun Hill traded for a 7th rounder

This

And AZ and SEA are willing to give a 3rd rounder for Whitehurst. I must be wrong about Whitehurst.

It is what it is...

by kidder95 on Mar 14, 2010 11:34 AM PDT reply actions  

Values seem to be all messed up.

7th for Hill? 3rd for Whitehurst?
Possibly a 3rd for Quinn?

by LantermanC on Mar 14, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I agree

That’s too much for Shaun Hill

by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

We know Shaun Hill sucks

Seneca has the special plays ability and we don’t know anything about Whitehurst

Give me an offensive line or give me death!

by Generzal Zod on Mar 15, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

If I'm Whitehurst I might be leaning towards Arizona

Seems like more of a wide-open opportunity to start, and hipster Whitey might prefer the desert climate. Then again, the guy is pretty grunge…

In other news: are you fucking kidding me, Walrus? Thank god Holmgren took the Cleveland job.

by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 11:52 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

The thing is, Leinert isn't 34

If he has a good season, the Cardinals aren’t likely to bench him. Whitehurst probably isn’t looking to continue holding the clipboard; even if Hasselbeck plays well in 2010, he’s older, a soon-to-be free agent and (somewhat) injury-prone. Seattle is much clearer path to becoming a starter than Arizona.

by J.L. White on Mar 14, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like your reasoning, but have you watched Matt Leinart take NFL snaps? He's bad.

From a conventional-wisdom perspective Arizona may be the more “open” opportunity.

by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I specifically remember Leinert looking aood against us in Week 2 of the 2007 season

Even remembers Shaun’s fumble, but in the 1st half Leinert looked very impressive. Was that the exception or the rule? I’m not sure, but I’m also not sure Whitehurst will just assume Leinert is paper lion.

by J.L. White on Mar 14, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's had very good games against Seattle.

But, strangely, against most other teams, he struggles.

One thing that I have observed is that he can pick apart the zone almost effortlessly.

Talents that I covet:

Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes

by Carl Shinyama on Mar 14, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Most quarterbacks have very good games against Seattle.

I wouldn’t put much stock in how they play us.

It's Great to be a Florida Gator!

"I never met a llama I didn't like." - TJ Duckett

by Wayward Llama on Mar 14, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not talking about last year.

Even in 2007, he had a good game against Seattle, and that was Seattle’s best season against quarterbacks statistically this decade.

Talents that I covet:

Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes

by Carl Shinyama on Mar 14, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

He Destroyed the Bears.

Bears who we thought they were, crown their ass, etc. Cards lost but Leinart sliced that SB-calibre defense better than anyone except Manning in the SB.

So it’s weird to me to see people write Leinart off so easily. He’s less likely to achieve that kind of form regularly, than he is to just be an average QB, but it seems to me he’s very unlikely to be a particularly bad starting QB.

by jacobstevens on Mar 15, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is it the hair or the suit?

I think I’m in love with the hair. He’s like our very own Jesus in Seahawks-blue and nuclear-cabbage. Yeah, I’d be alright with the Whitehurst for a couple of years, even if he turns out to not be very good. He’d be fun to watch, just to see that hair flowing in the wind after a pick-6…

by Chirp on Mar 14, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is that Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac circa '75?

Or maybe the QB and S/O from the ‘79 movie ’North Dallas Forty’?

If that’s really a picture of Whitehurst, I’m sold knowing nothing else about the guy.

by Keasley on Mar 17, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure which job I'd take if I was him

But if he’s confident he can beat Leinart I’ll bet he’ll go to Arizona. Much better supporting cast for him.

by MT Olson on Mar 14, 2010 11:59 AM PDT reply actions  

Yeah but the two jobs are very different

In Seattle, you get the sense that this is the coach’s pick, and being the coach’s pick is a good thing when you are looking for playing time. In Arizona, it is more desperation to get a safety valve should Leinart suck some more.

by Sonic Boom on Mar 15, 2010 9:18 AM PDT reply actions  

Dammit Charlie

Decide already.

inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

by shams on Mar 16, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions  

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